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Spring and Early Season Padres Prospects Notes: Part 2
It’s been a crazy few weeks since both the MLB and MiLB seasons started. Due to unforeseen circumstances that would be extremely boring to retell here, the Padres Prospects Spring Training Notebook...
View ArticlePadres 2013 MLB Draft Preview
The MLB Draft is upon us once again as teams will gather this Thursday to welcome the newest batch of talent into the professional ranks. The Padres own the 13th pick this year after finishing with a...
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Padres Draft Hunter Renfroe in First Round
With the 13th pick in the 2013 MLB Draft the Padres selected Hunter Renfroe out of Mississippi State – just as a few lucky PP writers predicted. High fives all around! Renfroe offers as extremely...
View ArticlePadres Add More High School Talent in MLB Draft
After grabbing Hunter Renfroe in the first round, the Padres continued their assumed strategy of aggressively pursuing hitting talent in the 2013 MLB Draft. Dustin Peterson: With their second pick of...
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Shutting Down the Run Game: Hundley, Grandal, Rivera and Hedges
Base stealing is an art. The greats like Rickey Henderson, Tim Raines and Vince Coleman created beauty when they ran the bases and caused havoc on opposing pitchers, catchers and managers. A successful...
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2014: A Year of Hope and Extra Beer Gardens
It’s been a rough few seasons for Padres fans. Since Cinderella’s shoe slipped off late in 2010 San Diego has posted win totals of 71, 76 and 76 to retain their position in the meaty part of the...
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Projecting a Jedd Gyorko Contract Extension
Extensions. We love to talk about extensions. Or a lack of extensions. But for now lets focus on a single extension candidate: Jedd Gyorko. Gyorko came into the 2013 season as the Padres third best...
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Padres Pitching Trends: Situational Starting Pitcher Splits
The 2013 Padres surged in the second half through a huge uptick in pitching results. The 2014 Padres should be similarly reliant on strong pitching performances from the likes of Andrew Cashner, Tyson...
View Article2014 Top 25 Padres Prospects
This is a list of the best prospects in the Padres’ organization. To be eligible for this list a player must not have appeared in the majors. It’s a weird way to do things, but means more young...
View ArticlePadres 2014 MLB Draft Preview
It’s a great time of year. The MLB season is well underway and the draft is this Thursday. While just a few of the top players selected will ever be significant contributors on the senior circuit, the...
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New To The 40 Man: Franchy Cordero
On November 18th, the Padres added four new players to the 40-man roster: shortstop Javier Guerra, pitcher Walker Lockett, converted pitcher Jose Ruíz, and outfielder Franchy Cordero. While Lockett...
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Welcome to San Diego, Pedro Avila
Well, it finally happened. The path has been made clear for Austin Hedges to begin the year as the Padres starting catcher with the trade of veteran Derek Norris. Most would argue that Norris’...
View ArticleThe “Other” Catching Prospects
With many of the Padres top prospects and minor leaguers looking to graduate to the majors in the near future, this is the first of a series of posts looking at the “other” prospects in the system,...
View ArticleWeekly Prospect Spotlight, April 17-23
A look at a Padres prospect or two from each level of the system that had a noteworthy week. Yes, Michael Gettys striking out 12 times in six games and Ruddy Giron hitting a walkoff dinger are...
View ArticleWeekly Prospect Spotlight, April 24-30
A look at a Padres prospect or two from each level of the system that had a noteworthy week. Yes, Michael Gettys striking out 13 times in seven games and Franmil Reyes hitting four doubles in a week...
View ArticleWeekly Prospect Spotlight, May 1-7
A look at a Padres prospect or two from each level of the system that had a noteworthy week. Yes, Michael Gettys striking out 10 times in six games and The San Antonio Missions being just a game out...
View ArticleWeekly Prospect Spotlight, May 8-14
A look at a Padres prospect or two from each level of the system that had a noteworthy week. Yes, Michael Gettys striking out just five times on the week is great, as is Jorge Oña having a 5 RBI game,...
View ArticleLogan Allen & Company Level Lansing
In case you missed it yesterday (and unless you were in Lansing, Michigan, you did – thanks MiLB.tv), the Fort Wayne TinCaps had one of their best overall performances of the year, beating the Lansing...
View ArticleWeekly Prospect Spotlight, May 15-21
A look at a Padres prospect or two from each level of the system that had a noteworthy week. The Fort Wayne TinCaps were the only affiliate that posted a winning week (4-3), while the rest combined for...
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3 Sports Which Are Developing in the United States
There is no shortage of sports at the highest level in the United States. The NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB are four of the biggest leagues in the world. Although the traditional US sports have the biggest...
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